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Levine: A rejected collaborator attempted to hack Sperry West's systems
“And I can tell you that I know that he tried to hack our computer systems at one time because of how upset he was that we weren't going to do it.”
Barry Levine Oct 12, 2021 ▶ 13:44 30 Years of Surveillance Footage Later: Privacy Is Already Dead
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Levine: Sperry West covert cameras deploy primarily in commercial and government facilities
“Most of our products do end up being used in major facilities, whether it's companies or it's Government. But that's where most of our cameras end up. People envision that, oh yeah, they're in a house everywhere. I think there are very few covert cameras being…”
Barry Levine Oct 12, 2021 ▶ 32:21 30 Years of Surveillance Footage Later: Privacy Is Already Dead
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Surveillance CEO Barry Levine refuses cloud storage due to fundamental distrust
“Maybe being old fashioned about all of this, I don't trust the cloud. Therefore we do not store information on the cloud. And we do store it on our own backups.”
Barry Levine Oct 12, 2021 ▶ 16:24 30 Years of Surveillance Footage Later: Privacy Is Already Dead
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